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T..P.TAYLO R METHOD OI MAKING BOSOM PADS.

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m. 352,208. Patented N 9, 1886'.

app 2'' UNITED STATES w PATENT OFFIC THOMAS P. TAYLCB, OF BRIDGEPOR'I, CONNECTICUT] .METHOD OF MAKING BOSOM-PADS; I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,208, dated November 9, 188d.

Application filed Marcll 2, 1886. Serial No'. 193,707. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Bosom-Pads; and I do hereby declare the following'to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable thers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention has-for its object to greatly improve the construction of this class of articles, and at the same time to reduce the cost of manufacture.

In order to meet the requirements of the trade, it is essential that bosom-pads be made light and elastic and perfectly rounded in form.

material,which is either lapped over in folds,

or else gores are cut out and the edges lapped by each other. The pad is then given the desired form'in molds under steam-heat. Pads or forms made in this manner are not as heavy as-when made of rubber, but are practically impervious to air. The most serious objection to them, however, is that the cloth folds or wrinkles in such a manner in the molds as to make it impossible to impart to the pads the rounded appearance and elastic quality which are the great objects sought for in ar ticles of this class, the effect of the folds being to destroy the elasticity and roundness of the pad and to make it clumsy and bungling. In order to overcome these serious objections and to provide a bosom-pad or dress-form in which a perfectly-rounded outlineshall be pre-,

served, which shall not be impervious to air, and which shall be so elastic as to permanently retain its perfectly-rounded outline, I have devised a bosom-pad in which a suitable net-work form is provided with an elastic open-work cover, which is stretched over the frame-work and fastened at the edges, the effect being to strain the frame-work outward, thus preventing it from collapsing and causing the rounded portion to instantly spring back into position when pressed out of shape. I

Inthe drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation representing apair of pads connected together, and Fig. 2 is a section of the pads, illustrating their construction.

1 is the frame-work, which I make of any suitable material, a stout loosely-made fabric of grass-cloth, tampico fiber, or similar ma-' terial being preferably used for this purpose. This frame-work is pressed into shape in dies under steam-heat, thus forming the framework to the desired shape, and in the case of tampico fiber and similar material imparting thereto a stifiness and elasticity, often called temper, which causes it to permanently retain the shape into which it is formed. Outside of this frame-work I' stretch a cover, 2, of any suitable elastic loosely-woven teX- tile materialfor example, stockinet, which I preferably use for this purpose. These covers are stretched on while the framework of the pads is upon a form, and are fastened tight at the edges by stitching, gluing, or in any. suitable manner as they are stretched on,and then are permanently secured in place by a binding, 3,'which is secured by a line of stitching, 6, through both edges of the binding, the frame-work, and the cover.

4 indicates'an edging of lace, which is stitched around the completed article for'ornament.

When used asbosom-pads, the forms are secured together by a cord, 5, or in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The herein described method of making portion to spring back after being pressed out bosom-pads, the same consisting in molding of shape. 10 a frame-work tothe desired form, then stretoh- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in ing an elastic textile cover smoothly over the presence of two witnesses.

5 frame-work, and finally securing the cover THOMAS P. TAYLOR.

while stretched to the edge of the frame-work, I Witnesses: so that the stretched cover will strain the A. M. TOOSTER,

frame-work outward and cause the rounded O. E. RUGGLES. 

